Special Adviser to the President
on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu says the northern youths who asked
Igbos to vacate their territory were paid by some elite in the region.

Ojudu said this in Abuja at the
weekend at a meeting with regional youth leaders, organised by the Office of
the Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Student Affairs.

Ojudu, who represented Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo, said: “Only God knows how much some elites, who hid
behind the curtains, paid those who made that declaration in Kaduna.”

His words: “It will be worst for
us if we allow some selfish people to push us to unnecessary war. Nigeria holds
a lot of promises for all of us.
“I know and we all know that a
lot of you have been excluded from the good things of this country and of
course we can trace that to poor and bad governance over the years.
“But again, what we should be
clamouring for is good governance, not separatism, not secession. This is all
about elite competition. The youth are only being used as tools to promote
socio-political disorder.
“Okay, if I don’t want to be importing things
from Singapore, I can use this idea of Biafra to make money and some people are
making huge money from it.
“Those, who were agitating and
calling for Biafra before, are now singing another tune after building their
palaces”.
Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan said
the current situation where youths from different parts of Nigeria were making
hate speeches was unhelpful to the nation.
“You need to come together and
you will find us as good, useful partners. I want to promise that we will not
be found wanting in the discharge of our responsibilities.
“Once your requests are brought
to us for legislation we will not hesitate to support them so as to make you
better citizens,’’ Lawan said.